Do You Have Any Unpopular Gaming Opinions?

[Raiiban]

If you want to see FPSRPG done right, play System Shock 2, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines and Deus Ex, if you haven't played those yet. SS2 and Deus Ex both have awesome stories and Vampire the Masquerade has some high quality writing. S.T.A.L.K.E.R games are better survival simulator FPSRPG games than Fallout 3/New Vegas imo.
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I've played through a good bit of VtM:B and loved it ....up until I got to the sewers and my minimal combat build went straight to hell. I keep meaning to pick it up again and play through with a few more combat options chosen to prevent that scenario. Deus Ex and SS2 I'm seriously late on and bought both, just waiting to get to them.

They don't fit my personal bill of RPG's though -maybe I'm just using a broad genre term to define a specific subgenre in the first place- due to their combat, I feel like there should be a specific genre for them, like FPSRPG that you used, I don't see it used much but I suppose it makes sense.

I can see them being not your preference, but atrocious and awful? Cmon now...

It is an unpopular opinion afterall

[Violent By Design]

* The original Xbox has a more varied and interesting library than the Gamecube.

Care to elaborate? inb4 Konsole Kombat.

* Final Fantasy IV is one of the worst games in the series while Final Fantasy II is one of the best.

Discuss.

Cannot compute, mind blown.

This response is great no matter which FF2 he's talking about

[Menegrothx]

They don't fit my personal bill of RPG's though -maybe I'm just using a broad genre term to define a specific subgenre in the first place- due to their combat, I feel like there should be a specific genre for them, like FPSRPG that you used, I don't see it used much but I suppose it makes sense.

Although you can't make a character of your own in either of those games, you can and will specialize in to different talents as you gain experience which affects the way you play the game. Having to specialize and focus on certain skills is one of the key defining characteristics of a RPG really - I don't see the point of RPGs where every character can have every spell and skill, be able to use every item and skill and so forth.

[MrEco]

I thought Bioshock 2 was a much better game than the first game.

I think DMC4 is the best in the series.

I think RE1 is better than 2.

I really like Final Fantasy 13. And I liked Hope.

I think the Halo series is better than CoD, Battlefield, Counter Strike, Team Fortress 2, and any other majorly popular FPS you can think of.

[SNKnicotine]

Resident Evil Rant

Resident Evil Outbreak files- the REO series is a way bigger compliment to the RE universe than RE 4 AND 5 could ever be.

Resident 6- Although it recieved guff for being a bad Resident evil game, I still very much enjoyed Leons campaign.

Resident Evil Revalations- Is a master piece and stomps all over the RE 4-5,
even with its new monsters and story plot. Just goes to show that you can change things and still keep a game close to its roots

Couldn't even will myself to finish Leon's campaign even though I hear it's the best.

Revelations is indeed very good and a needed step in the right direction but "masterpiece" is a bit much.

I might of gone over board by saying it was a master piece, but in comparison to the titles(4,5,6,ORC) it really felt like it.On the other hand RE2 is the best (IMHO)

[isiolia]

They don't fit my personal bill of RPG's though -maybe I'm just using a broad genre term to define a specific subgenre in the first place- due to their combat, I feel like there should be a specific genre for them, like FPSRPG that you used, I don't see it used much but I suppose it makes sense.

I tend to see thing opposite how you do. To me, role playing is more incorrectly applied to your typical JRPG than it would be to many FPSRPGs. Sure, most games have you "assuming a role". However, labeling something as an RPG, to me, should imply that you get some sort of choice in how you do that.

If that's restricted entirely to battle tactics, then you don't really have an RPG, you have a strategy game. Or an action game. Or whatever. Depends on the system.

An RPG can use any kind of combat system, or none at all. I think earlier games started out using turn based combat as an extension of pen and paper games, along with having limited computing resources.

Which is not to say that any of the mentioned games are everything an RPG should be. There's a lot to be said about how little player choices wind up mattering at the end of ME3. But, the player has a lot more influence over the particulars of what happens between the start and end of that series than they do for, say, basically any Final Fantasy game.

[CavZee]

Resident Evil Rant

Resident Evil Outbreak files- the REO series is a way bigger compliment to the RE universe than RE 4 AND 5 could ever be.

Resident 6- Although it recieved guff for being a bad Resident evil game, I still very much enjoyed Leons campaign.

Resident Evil Revalations- Is a master piece and stomps all over the RE 4-5,
even with its new monsters and story plot. Just goes to show that you can change things and still keep a game close to its roots

Couldn't even will myself to finish Leon's campaign even though I hear it's the best.

Revelations is indeed very good and a needed step in the right direction but "masterpiece" is a bit much.

I might of gone over board by saying it was a master piece, but in comparison to the titles(4,5,6,ORC) it really felt like it.On the other hand RE2 is the best (IMHO)

Yeah, the only thing Revelations was missing was some old school RE style puzzles. But those sort of things don't fly in games anymore. =(

RE2 or REmake would be my favorites I guess.

[Retrodude]

Got me to laugh. But honestly, Life parallels game-behaviour way too often and about the only real difference between the two is a retardly steep difficulty curve and a complete lack of save points, and you only get one freakin' life to do it.

Unless you believe in reincarnation, but I guess that wouldn't count since you have no memory of your former self when you come back.

So what we're saying is essentially that life is like a roguelike?

Exactly.

[prfsnl_gmr]

* Very, very few games offer genuinely challenging puzzles. (Maybe I should start a thread on that topic...)

Have you tried any actual puzzle games? Sherlock Holmes games, adventure games (although many early ones have some puzzles that are hard because they have unlogical solutions). Legend of Grimrock is a nice example of a modern RPG doing it right.

I have tried many puzzle games, but I do not find many of them to be very challenging. I also agree with you on adventure games. That is, the majority of them are only difficult when the solution to a "puzzle" is completely illogical.

* The quality of portable games began surpassing the quality of console games during the last decade.

During the last decade? No. During this generation? Only when it comes to JRPGs. Most genres still are better on consoles. Can you name one good FPS or TPS game on a handheld? Handhelds get more games that wouldn't otherwise be published these days which is a good thing, so they've been getting more of "old school" games lately, but the few games of those genres we get on consoles these days tend to be excellent and so polished that they put all the handheld games in shame (Sonic Generations, Rayman Origins, Donkey Kong Country Returns, CAVE Shmups, BlazBlue (in 2D fighters) etc).

No spectacular, portable FPS or TPS games come to mind. That said, I think that we have seen a lot more "innovation" in portable games during the last decade. Consoles are full of FPS, TPS, and very polished "retro" games, all of which are very enjoyable. All of these genres have become rather stale, however, and truly new gaming experiences have been largely confined to portable systems, starting with the Nintendo DS and continuing on the iPhone and iPad.

Dragon Warrior III is the best 8-bit RPG, and Phantasy Star is the runner up.

Nope, Ultima 5 is the 8-bit RPG bar none.

I have not played it yet, but I will definitely add it to my list based on your suggestion!

* Final Fantasy IV is one of the worst games in the series while Final Fantasy II is one of the best.

Discuss.

Cannot compute, mind blown.

I only recently played the GBA port of Final Fantasy II, and I could not put it down. I really enjoyed the story, the characters, the challenge, and - believe it or not - the leveling system. I have been through Final Fantasy IV twice (i.e., I have played through the original version and the U.S. "Final Fantasy II" version), and both times, I found the game enjoyable but a little bland...

* The original Xbox has a more varied and interesting library than the Gamecube.

Care to elaborate? inb4 Konsole Kombat.

The other day, I was comparing my Gamecube and Xbox collections, and I realized - to my surprise - that I own almost twice as many Xbox games. The Gamecube has some excellent first party games, but the Xbox - in addition to having some excellent first-party games - also has: (1) the best versions of many multi-platform games; (2) some excellent Sega and Tecmo exclusives (i.e., Crazy Taxi 3, Gunvalkyrie, Jet Set Radio Future, Panzer Dragoon Orta, Ninja Gaiden, Toejam & Earl III, etc.); (3) some excellent exclusives from other publishers; and (4) some PC ports that did not appear on other consoles (i.e., Chronicles of Riddick, Doom 3, etc.).

[Gamerforlife]

I hate the Uncharted games with a burning passion. The only redeeming quality I see in them is good writing and pretty good voice acting.

The gameplay is completely generic and uninspired, being little more than a third person cover shooter with some occasional platforming segments that feel practically on-rails. And even among the generic cover shooter crowd it doesn't even have the interesting weapon selection of other games in the genre (Chainsaw bayonet anyone?), and instead you only have boring modern day weapons to use.

The stories are entertaining to a point. That point being until you realize that you could watch any of the Indiana Jones movies and get the same experience, but better in every way. They get to the point faster instead of making you wallow through gameplay segments, they're even better written, they have far more charm and originality, and of course...

The character's in Uncharted are completely unbearable. This is probably my biggest gripe with the series. Not a single character is at all likable. Yes Drake is quite funny sometimes, but that hardly excuses the fact that he is enormously annoying the rest of the time. Every character beside's him has a paper thin personality and is even harder to put up with.

I knew I forgot to post something in my list. Yeah, I completely agree with you here.

Me too